The Ambivalent Alliance: Konrad Adenauer, The CDU/CSU, and the West, 1949-1966
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Élysée TreatyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaÉlysée Treaty also known as the Treaty of Friendship, was concluded by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer in 1963.It set the seal on reconciliation between the two countries. With it, Germany and France established a new foundation for relations that ended centuries of rivalry between them. On 22 January 2003, the 40th...
Christian quoter (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. --Konrad Adenauer (1876-1976) A thick skin is a gift from God. Konrad Adenauer (1876-1976)
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
To achieve a stronger support from European nations in its efforts to join the European Union, Moldova should actively promote its image on the continent, German parliamentarian Manfred Grund stated in Chisinau on Monday evening during the European political forum organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. In his belief, Moldova should actively advertise itself in Europe through the printed media...
Zaadz: Albert 's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
SPIEGEL ONLINE presents the transscript of German Chancellor`s Angela Merkel speech before the US Congress. I aggree nearly completely with the chancellor and support the complex partnership in leadership constellation with USA. We have no time to loose In her speech before the US Congress on Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked the Americans for their decades-long support of Germany and...
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
German Chancellor Angela Merkel “was making the case Tuesday for a global deal on climate change to a skeptical audience: members of Congress,” the AP reports. Merkel was addressing both chambers of Congress, a rare honor extended to America’s closest allies and not to a German chancellor since Konrad Adenauer in 1957. She was to [...]
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Washington to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, is speaking later Tuesday to a joint meeting of both houses of the U.S. Congress.She will be the first German leader to address the House or Senate since Konrad Adenauer in 1957.Ms. Merkel says the chance to speak to the American lawmakers is a great honor and an opportunity to thank the
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Angela Merkel will be the first German head of government since Konrad Adenauer to speak before the US Congress. It's a great honor for the chancellor, but equally great are the expectations of the Obama administration.
reb livingston (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Use Your Shield: New ideas can be threatening and they often provoke a negative reaction. For example, when Stravinsky first presented his Rite of Spring ballet with its unusual harmonies and primitive rhythms, he was met with a rioting audience. When Kepler correctly solved he orbital problem of the planets by using ellipses rather than circles, he was denounced. Be prepared for such a reaction and...
MABBlog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
MABB © ® The Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Polilat.com have developed an index measuring the development of democracy in Latin America. The index, Democratic Development Index (DDI) , measures that process in light of four dimensions: Basic conditions of democracy, respect for political rights and civil liberties, institutional quality and politic efficiency, exercise of the effective power...
FOCUS ON BOOKS (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller wins the Nobel Prize for Literature 2009! Herta Müller was born in Nitzkydorf in Romania in 1953. In 1987 she emigrated to Germany with her ex-husband, the writer Richard Wagner. In 2004 she won the Literature Prize of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Her latest novel "Atemschaukel" was published by Hanser Verlag this month. She lives in...
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